Call for Articles to the Special Issue for the journal European Review of History

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Call for Articles to the Special Issue for the journal European Review of History: Historical approaches to religious reinventions and social change in late modern societies

Guest editors: Dominika Gruziel and Natalia Núñez-Bargueño

Currently seeking contributions of max 10.000 words from historians focusing on selected examples of religious transformation and social change in Eastern Orthodoxy, Catholicism of the Greek rite, and Islam.

From the late 19th century to the mid-20th century, religion played a continuous role in shaping societies worldwide. This period was marked by dramatic historical changes, including imperial expansion, decolonization, the devastation of two world wars, and the ideological tensions of the Cold War. Religious institutions, communities, and individuals actively engaged with all these phenomena, proving themselves to be co-creators of profound social, cultural, and political shifts.

The articles in this special issue for the European Review of History aim to enhance our historical understanding of the dynamic reciprocal relationship between religion and society through eight case studies of selected religious transformations and their subsequent impact on specific social domains. The collection will offer insights on religious change in Catholicism of the Greek and Latin rites, Eastern Orthodoxy, Judaism, Islam, and Evangelical Protestantism in several polities at various historical moments from the 1850s to the 1980s.  While contributors may employ diverse methodologies in their case studies, history remains the primary analytical approach, with Europe (understood in a broad sense in relation to the world and its former colonial possessions) as the central geographical focus. In addition, we invite contributors to address the following three overarching questions:
1) reformers’ perceptions of a religious change; 2) interactions with other religious actors during the religious reform; and 3) the gender dynamics involved during and after the religious transformations.

Instructions for Submission of Article Proposals:

Researchers interested in contributing are invited to submit a proposal (abstract 500 words and short bio) by September 30, 2025 to Dominika Gruziel: dominika.gruziel@gmail.comand Natalia Núñez Bargueño: natalia.nunezbargueno@kuleuven.be 
Important deadlines:
– Submission of an advanced draft (4,000–7,000 words): November 3, 2025
– Final version (8,000 – 10,000 words) due: January 5, 2026
– Publication in European Review of History: planned for early 2027.